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The book "your child's strength" finally helped me see why and how your child's passions matter. �It's not about, "oh. �He liked studying dinosaurs and now he's really into NOVA," so science is his passion. �It's not about, "he learns math really fast or picked up reading really young so that's his strength." �It's about seeing something energize and strengthen him by doing it. �It's about looking for things to do that make him feel energized, not drained, then looking for more.. Lighting a fire.
I like the thought of DA Reno. �Is it the only option? �Los Angeles is the land of opportunity. �There's s'posed to be a lot of good HG charter options in Ca. �Beyond that there's a lot of creative HG people living in Los Angeles doing interesting things with their lives that could provide HG young adults with a variety of good career options. �NYC has some very good exclusive HG schools. �We keep reading about how the good NYC preschool feeds into the good NYC highschool which feed into the Ivy Leagues. �Go read college confidential, apparently a good HG from a small pond can make it to the IVY leagues. �My god-parents son lived in upstate NY. �He buckled down in 11th and 12th grade and earned straight A+'s. �He got scholarships to Yale and Harvard. �
The interesting thing about Reno Davidson seems to be that kids �are doing advanced rigorous work and they have kids as their classmates. �(!) �Don't get me wrong, I think the highschool reunions at DA Reno will be full of stories of interesting lives. �But you see mostly people on this board who find options, create options. �The most practical opportunity that I've read about is hiring a college student as a private tutor. �Although I do understand your friend's eagerness to get her nerdlet around other prodigious progeny. The most important thing is our family relationship between our children and us. �After that, the world is your oyster. �Recommend Grinnity's "The Nurtured Heart Approach Workbook" by Howard Glassner. �It's important that the kids know we notice what they're doing, not just at their peaks or when they're misbehaving. �Keep that in mind with an intense child who impresses you, and frustrates you, and excites you. �
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